I putter. I nurse old grudges. I fold origami while nursing old grudges. I think about the past. I wonder if thereโs any grudges I should start.
Roz ChastTheres something about most phobias where theres a tiny, tiny corner where you think this really actually could happen.
Roz ChastEven under the best of circumstances - in twenty-first century America at least - caring for elderly parents ain't no place for sissies.
Roz ChastThe fact that cartoons are reproduced doesn't mean anything to me as far as whether they are "real art" or not.
Roz ChastI noticed that I used to go to second hand shops and flea markets and find funny, cute things, but now I go into those stores, and I think, This is dead people's stuff. This is all, like, somebody cleaned out their parents' house, and I don't want any of it. If I didn't want it from my parents, I don't want it from your parents.
Roz Chast